But what is Varnashrama dharma? At 50 years old, you become Vanaprastha and you and your wife leave everything and go to the jungles and just take shelter of Krishna. The varnashrama system is as you get older, you become more detached and more fired up for spiritual life. But we have lost on this understanding. We think, “as I get older, then I should just start thinking in terms of a nice secure way of maintaining myself and being comfortable and being provided for.” But that is an illusion. Krishna consciousness means whether you are a brahmachari or grihasta, a vanaprastha or a sanyasi, Krishna consciousness means the constant struggle for more and more and more detachment. We know that the death is coming closer and we should become more and more and more detached as we are approaching the final destination.
